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[8. 45 cont.]
Demanding money, etc., with menaces.
6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50, s. 29.
34 of 1954 2 cliente
35 of 1947, s.2.
(Cap. 1).
Larceny.
(ii) in all other cases, to imprisonment for five years.
46. (1) Any person who-
(a) utters, knowing the contents thereof, any letter or writing demanding of any person with menaces, and without any reasonable or probable cause, any property or valuable thing;
(b) utters, knowing the contents thereof, any letter or writing accusing or threatening to accuse any other person (whether living or dead) of any crime to which this section applies, with intent to extort or gain thereby any property or valuable thing from any person;
(c) with intent to extort or gain any property or valuable thing from any person accuses or threatens to accuse either that person or any other person (whether living or dead) of any such crime, shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for life, and, if a male under the age of sixteen years, to be once privately whipped in addition to any other punishment to which he may by law be liable.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 35 of the Interpretation Ordinance, any person who
(a) conspires, confederates or agrees to commit an offence punishable by virtue of subsection (1) hereof; or
(b) attempts to commit an offence punishable by virtue of subsection (1) hereof,
shall be guilty of felony and on conviction thereof liable to imprisonment for ten years.
(3) Any person who with intent to defraud or injure any other person---
(a) by any unlawful violence to or restraint of the person of another, or
(b) by accusing or threatening to accuse any person (whether living or dead) of any such crime or of any felony,
compels or induces any person to execute, make, accept, endorse, alter, or destroy the whole or any part of any valuable security, or to write, impress, or affix the name of any person, company, firm or partnership, or the seal of
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